This Over 30’s Band Workshop band “3 Shades of Grey” was a great success!

“3 Shades of Grey” have been practicing every Friday night for the past few weeks and delivered a great concert tonight!

Here is one of the band members’ e-mails:

“Thanks again for a fantastic workshop and a really fun night performing to our family and friends. Having messed around for years at home on acoustic guitar, the chance to play electric guitar in a band was completely new to me and I was amazed we were able to learn so many songs in such a short time.

I also really enjoyed getting together every Friday night and looked forward to it each week. I hope you run this again soon and encourage any other adults considering it to come along and ‘live the dream’ too.” ~ Mike Goodman3 Shades of Grey are:Mike Goodman - GuitarDavid Ryan - DrumsCraig Ryan - Vocals & GuitarNick Read - Bass

“Voo Doo Chain” arose from the ashes to annihilate and devour all in their path. (Well......it seemed that way.) What a powerhouse trio these 13 year olds turned out to be. Definitely the coolest band to emerge so far from our band workshops.

Congratulations to all the students who performed at the Term 2 Winter Concerts!! YOU ROCK!!!

The Piano & Flute Concert was a great success! It’s so good to see our students perform live. We are so proud of you all. It just keeps getting better and better every time. Pu-Yu is so good with the students and it really shows, and a big Thank You to Mr. Christian Marsh for doing such a great job of judging the concert and giving such a wonderful, supportive, and constructive speech. Much appreciated.

The Guitar & Vocal Concert was a lot of fun. It’s always a challenge with guitar and vocals, but as usual, our students rose to the occasion and we’re very proud of each and everyone of you. Well done.

The Drum Concert was a blast. The best drum concert so far and really looking forward to the next one. It’s great to have a live venue in the school where students can get up on stage in front of an audience and make some noise. Keep up the good work.

A hand-picked group of internationally recognised guitarists from across the globe will join forces this Autumn to weave some memorable musical magic. Featuring Michael Fix, Andrea Valeri, Nick Charles and Robbie Long.Ok Fellow Bohemians!.

Acclaimed acoustic guitarist Michael Fix – recently named as one of Australia’s Top 25 Guitarists of All Time by readers of Guitarist Australia magazine – will be joined by his Italian protégé, and one of the brightest young stars on the European stage, 21-year-old Andrea Valeri for a series of very special concerts.

Also taking part in several of the inaugural Acoustic Guitar Spectacular shows are Melbourne-based player Nick Charles – described by The Age as “Australia’s virtuoso of acoustic roots and blues”, a two-time Australian Flatpicking Guitar Champion and multi-instrumentalist Robbie Long and internationally acclaimed flamenco virtuoso Andrew Veivers.

Each concert has been structured so that each player will featured as a solo artist in the first half, and all players will share the stage in the second half, allowing plenty of opportunity for spontaneity and improvisation.

This is a rare opportunity to see such a wealth of amazing musical talent on the one stage. In particular, it’s a unique chance to see one of the rising stars of the global guitar scene as he embarks on his first tour of Australia.

“I’ve been touring internationally since 2004, and every year I meet incredible guitar players who blow me away.” said Michael Fix.

“I've been looking for an opportunity to bring some of these people to Australia, and I’m thrilled that the first such guitarist will be Andrea Valeri. He's only 21, and I believe he has what it takes to become one the world's great players.”

“I urge people to check him out online, and see him in concert, not just to admire his technical excellence, but to be touched by his beautiful original tunes, as well as his smooth Mediterranean charm!”

“I would love to see the Acoustic Guitar Spectacular become an annual event, and I hope to bring many more of the world’s great players to Australia over the next few years.”

The Acoustic Guitar Spectacular 2012 will feature 10 shows in New South Wales and Queensland. Don't miss this one-off opportunity to see these incredible players in action!

Our teachers Craig & Pu-Yu will be performing with Dr. Goodvie this Sunday afternoon. Please come join us if you feel like to have a musical Sunday afternoon!!

Here is the newsletter from Dr. Goodvibe ~

Ok Fellow Bohemians!

The Weather Man say's the Sun shall shine......

Sun 15th April again at Kantara House, 1:30 ~ 5:00pm. The next big funky full new Goodvibe band gig grooving up all the new ones from "The New Bohemia" as well as a few of the old fav's of course. I just love the opportunity to get the full band together and get really funky so bring your dancing shoes!

Kantara House is a beautiful place to have an afternoon gig with under cover seating and a rainforest setting with gardens for the kids to play while you relax and get into the music,food and drink available at the bar.

Just a quick thing you can do to further the Vibe,Vote for us in the music OZ awards, here’s the link, click on and scroll down and click submit, they will then send you an email and then you click the link and that sends your vote.

Join some of the Coast’s top musicians for an afternoon and evening of soul food.

Get the feet tapping and the heart opening with the talent of Dexter Moore, Paul Robert Burton and Dr Goodvibe with a few surprises in store!

Our teacher Craig Ryan will be in the band on the drums and percussion, and Pu-Yu will be on flute and also playing some solo piano during the break.

Music with spirit combines these great local artists with messages of conscience, information stalls, markets, movie screenings and other community inspired activities to assist us to become self-empowered and informed.

Be a part of something GREAT!! All weldome. Proudly supporting OUR LAND OUR WATER OUR FUTURE.